October 2nd Sukkot is a week-long feast with the seventh day known as “Hoshana Rabba”, or a request for a “Great Salvation”. Jesus stood up and made an important announcement at this time, on The Last and Greatest Day of the Feast
October 3rd has a bonus eighth day at the end known as “Shemini Atzeret” which means the “Eighth Day of the Assembly”.
October 4th The last day is also known as Simchat Torah, when the Torah reading cycle restarts again. In Israel it’s the same day as Shemini Atzeret, but overseas it’s celebrated the day after. There is great rejoicing with Torah scrolls in the streets. Jewish people all over the world read a portion of the Torah together each week, starting now in Genesis and slowly working through all five books to end with Deuteronomy next September. The “Hafterah” is a portion from the prophets which accompanies the Torah portion, and so throughout the year a lot of ground is covered. Do you have a good system for reading through your Bible?
October 7th is a date etched into the memory of every Israeli. It was the day Hamas invaded Israel to kidnap rape, and slaughter. We will never be the same again. Israel’s war with Hamas and the spirit of Amalek
Even as the years go by, many are struggling with severe trauma. Please pray for us! Healing the broken heart of Israel
October 31st is significant for a few reasons, two of which are somewhat controversial. The first is the anniversary of Reformation, kicked off by Martin Luther. His “95 Theses” are famous for bringing much needed change to the body of Messiah, but his later writings became increasingly hateful towards the Jewish people. The second is Halloween, which is hard to avoid in many countries, but choosing how to respond is an important thing for believers to consider: Fear No Evil
October 31st is also the date of the Anzac victory against the Ottoman Empire in 1917 which paved the way to the reestablishment of Israel. Anzac Day and the Antipodean Heroes of Beersheva
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At the end of the Feast of Tabernacles in the Fall is rejoicing-with-the-Torah day! In Jewish communities there will be whoops and shouts of joy, singing
There will be quiet and empty roads across the land of Israel for the holiest day of the Jewish calendar: Yom Kippur, the Day of
Shemini Atzeret is translated as the Eighth Day of the Assembly. It’s sort of strange that there’s an eighth day of the assembly, given that
Luther is famous for propelling the Protestant Reformation into action, and also, less illustriously, for penning such scathing anti-Semitic writings that they inspired Hitler. So,
All of the biblical feasts are prophetic; rich with symbolism and laden with spiritual nourishment for both Jews and Gentiles. They speak of who God
The Feast of Tabernacles, or Sukkot as it’s known in Hebrew, is a God-ordained feast with a fantastic point behind it. Or perhaps a range
The Feast of Sukkot is one of my favorites. All of God’s feasts are full of creativity and wonder; treasures and promises. But in Jewish
A few years ago we had a sandstorm during the ‘Ten Days of Awe’ between the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh HaShanah) and the Day of
